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A town in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, home to 108 people.
There are no grades for Méreuil: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 36% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 29% of residents.
The 2 things Méreuil does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Méreuil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison dite hôtel de Perrinet, actuellement mairie, ancien hôtel de Lesdiguières, in Serres, 3.2 mi away.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Méreuil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Méreuil.
People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, near Hautes-Alpes’ towns (29%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 19% of the population here. Graduates make up 23% of adults.
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Méreuil | Hautes-Alpes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.8% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 29% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Alpes median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, one in ten commuters got to work without a car. Méreuil has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.99/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 4 homes were sold in Méreuil.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Méreuil yet.
Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Méreuil is a commune of 108 people in the Communauté de communes du Sisteronais-Buëch. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méreuil | 108 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Laragne-Montéglin | 3,549 | 6.7 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Veynes | 3,214 | 12 | B+ | C+ | B− | A− |
| Sisteron Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 7,850 | 17 | C+ | B | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.